Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CRYSTAL AND CORAL, by LOUIS GINSBERG First Line: Each tree is armored in ice. Each street Last Line: Lost atlantis of crystal and coral! Subject(s): Ice; Trees | ||||||||
Each tree is armored in ice. Each street Is tiled with a rich and burnished sleet. Hedges blazon their magic powers In efforescence of glassy flowers. A wicket fence in strangest guise Offers a crystal exercise. Shingled with brilliant and opaque light Roof-tops are alabastered bright. Telegraph poles on every side Are huge stalagmites that flash their pride. Enchantment everywhere lights its spells In all the glittering icicles. . . . Till passersby are bowed down under Dazzle of all the opal wonder Of such a newly discovered floral Lost Atlantis of crystal and coral! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PROBLEM OF DESCRIBING TREES by ROBERT HASS THE GREEN CHRIST by ANDREW HUDGINS MIDNIGHT EDEN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN REFLECTION OF THE WOOD by LEONIE ADAMS THE LIFE OF TREES by DORIANNE LAUX A CITY STREET IN SUMMER by LOUIS GINSBERG |
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